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Expected ULA Launch of Second GPS III Satellite Delayed

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, July 17th, 2019

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Expected ULA Launch of Second GPS III Satellite Delayed

United Launch Alliance's Delta IV launches July 28 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Photo: ULA.

The scheduled launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the Air Force’s second GPS III satellite has been delayed until the end of August due to an issue discovered in testing, the alliance said July 17. The launch of GPS III Space Vehicle 2 was originally scheduled for July 25 but is now targeted for no earlier than Aug. 22, according to a ULA tweet. An anomaly was discovered during component testing at a supplier, “which…

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